Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 5, 1899

Mr. Loomis to Mr. Hay.

Legation of the United States,
Caracas, November 8, 1899.

Sir: Referring to my cable of yesterday in which I said it might be to the advantage of the Government of the United States to recognize the Castro government as a provisional government, soon, I meant only to suggest that power be given me to do this when the course of events here seemed to indicate the proper time had arrived for such recognition. I did not mean to convey the idea that I urged immediate recognition, but, as I was limited in my expression of intention by considerations of brevity, it seemed to me this word of explanation would not be amiss.

I am, etc.,

Francis B. Loomis.